Improvement in inkstands



s. WALKER lnkstands. N0.156,862. Paten ted No v.17,1874.

WITNESSES,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVENUS WALKER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INKSTANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,862, dated November17, 1874; application filed J une 17, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SYLVENUs WALKER, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Inkstands, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a cover for fountain-inkstandswhich shall serve to assist in filling the same, and prevent thecorrosion of the hingepin of the lid; and it consists of ametal collar,having at one side a circular curved shield, projecting upward from theinner portion or lid-seat of the collar, its upper portion being curvedinwardly, so as to serve in filling the fountain when held in properposition, and, when in use upon such inkstand, shield the hinge-pin ofthe lid from corrosion by the evaporation of ink from thedipping-orifice, which is surrounded and covered by them. By this meansthe cover is confined to a small space upon the base of the inkstand,and, when the lid is thrown back or open, it rises but a short distanceabove the same, and consequently does not interfere with pen-holdersplaced upon a pen-rack attached to the base of such inkstands, orotherwise.

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of the cover andfountain-inkstand combined. Fig. 2 is a top view of same with lid thrownback or open.

A represents the base of a fountain-inkstand, supporting a reservoir, B,upon the top of which is provided a pen-rack, G O (1, all beingconstructed of one continuous piece of glass, (all of which is shown inmy Patent No. 37,313, dated January 6, 1863,) and provided with aclipping-orifice, G, to which is shown attached a metal collar, H,provided with a curved ver- 4 tic-a1 shield, K, to the outer or rearside of which is hinged the lid J, by the hingepin X passing through aportion of the lid and collar, in the usual manner.

My invention is more particularly designed for that class of inkstandsin which the dipping-orifice is located at one side or in the base, theink being held in an elevated fountain by atmospheric pressure beingexcluded therefrom, commonly known as tountain-inkstands, but isapplicable to the general class of stands intended to have covers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In covers forfountain or other inkstands, the collar H, provided with shield K, forthe purpose specified, in combination with the hinged lid J, as setforth.

SYLVENUS WALKER. Witnesses:

ALBION A. ADAMS, H. S. TALBOT.

